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One thing I've learned:

If you're deeply questioning whether or not you may be able to apply a certain label to yourself... you can, pretty much all of the time.

You think you might be trans? You are.

You think you might be a furry? Join the club!

You think you might be a dragon? Heck yeah, be one with me!!

You think you might be gay? That's a yes.

Embrace labels that help you define who you are. They can sometimes vary in definition, but if you feel it can apply to you, use it! Not only will it help you, it'll help others identify with you and maybe make you some new friends, or help you find people to help guide you along your path of discovery.

Your experiences and life are yours. Feel free to experiment and see what works best for you! You're allowed to change your mind later!

💙💙💙

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Thawny (Rose) mastodon (AP)

Somebody once said "Spending hours fretting about whether you're ____ is a pretty good indication" x3

Fill in the blank with your own awesomeness, and don't be afraid to own who you are!

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Pippin friendica

Could technology just leave me alone for a bit? Please?

Also, why, Google, did you send this to an email address I didn't use when buying the phone, didn't use when setting it up, but added to the phone only to be able to access some spreadsheets I needed to access a while back? Huh? I have no idea which of zillions of Google things I need to poke to change where these type of emails go.

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Matt Gray mastodon (AP)

What a thing to read on waking up.
🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

“No denial or omission in law can erase the concrete reality that trans & intersex people have and will always exist.”

“The erasure of a group from public life is a step towards an attempt to erase that group’s existence, which is the very definition of genocide”

https://www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-alerts/red-flag-alert-on-anti-trans-and-intersex-rights-in-the-uk

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erebion mastodon (AP)

Well, fascists doing fascist things. I'm not very suprised, unfortunately.

Perhaps Musk starts another fascist party and the Republicans get fewer votes and democracy comes back to the stricken US of A. :/

I really hope they can get back to a state where it could actually be called "free country".

EDIT: Wait, it was about the UK, not the USA. I get so confused sometimes, weird times.

EDIT 2: Maybe the heat wave confuses me as well. :)

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Nikku4211 mastodon (AP)
Does fascism come back every 90 years or something?

Xoa Gray mastodon (AP)

Be weird.

https://youtu.be/bscBYTMg4sE?si=kmqbp12n50KoNazm

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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

Love the way that the media is deliberately ignoring the fact that these bush fires are going from a semi-rare event to a several-times-a-year event just in case anyone uses that opportunity to ask inconvenient questions.

https://youtu.be/BCI28gzZ9Ac

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Man, I could really go for a complete overthrow of the capitalist hegemony and the ushering in of a new era of peaceful cooperation between all peoples on a bountiful Earth that we care for and nurture. I just think a complete overthrow of the capitalist hegemony and the ushering in of a new era of peaceful cooperation between all peoples on a bountiful Earth that we care for and nurture would fix me, you know?
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love how identifiers that are all capital letters with underscores are called SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
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Xoa Gray mastodon (AP)

Conover may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he makes some good points in this video. "AI" is making the people that use it less intelligent, and leading to a loss of critical thinking and basic mental skills. It started with the Smartphone, but it's getting so much worse.

https://youtu.be/G-cdVurdoeA?si=5zzfHh2q7rM55Cvm

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Pippin friendica

Oh, grrrr. When I moved into this house last year I noted the Swish Fibre toby box in the pavement outside, and found via their web site that I could get symmetric gigabit over fibre. I set up an Openreach fibre line to get started with, using my own reseller account, intending to get Swish installed later. I also asked Swish whether they could do a point-to-point connection, like a leased line, and the clueless customer service people didn't have a bloody clue what that was.

But I still intended to get a line from them, which would be independent of Openreach, and hopefully would give me the same resilient connectivity I was used to at the old house, where we had a VDSL over Openreach and DOCSIS from Virgin Media (plus my own OSPF-over-tunnels setup to my colo network routers in the datacentre to make switchovers seamless).

But I've just gone to look at Swish again and it now seems they've merged with other altnets and apparently stopped providing connections over their own network in preference for just reselling Openreach - if I search for my address they just return the same asymmetric offerings you'd get from any Openreach-based ISP and claim they can get me connected without an engineer visit, which can only be the case if they're using Openreach. Just... why!? Why build your own fibre network and then throw it away? Why buy a company with its own network just to not use that network? Do I really have to order a full leased line just to get a second (wired) net connection at this property? Grrrrrrr.

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Pippin friendica
Looking around for leased line quotes (which are hard to get without having to submit a quote request and give them your phone number and email address so you can be on their pestering list forevermore), the cheapest look like nearly £300/month. That'll be not including VAT, either. Urgh.
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Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

Three friends on the beach spotted a log by the shore.
The red panda climbed on top to keep watch. Below, the golden retriever and the bunny put on their masks and took a deep breath. *Splash!* they jumped in.

Down in the water, everything was different. It was deeper than what they could imagine, the rocks looked like caves, and they found a chest full of treasures.
All this while they were just on the shore, barely splashing their paws on the water, but for sure imagination is better when you share it with others.

Traditional. Watercolor and gouaches.
30.5 x 45.5 cm (12 x 18 inches)
Made for Anthrocon 2025. The original will be shown at the Art Show.

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You can watch the full process of this piece on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/N_SykOSGsE8

Also on Patreon and Ko-Fi you can see high resolutions of the scan of this piece, the high resolution of that video, high resolution of pieces I've been sharing on galleries and also some I haven't shared yet. Plus WIPs and more exclusive content. And you support me to keep creating art. The full of this piece was shared on May 5th on Patreon, so subscribers got to see this picture almost two months before anyone else.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
Thank you!

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HashRaydamon mastodon (AP)
very impressive :D

Pippin friendica

The title text is the best bit: "It's important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits."


It's important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits.
https://xkcd.com/3109/
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Phil M0OFX hometown (AP)
Teaching sand to think and giving it wireless communication capabilities was a terrible idea and has made a lot of people very angry.
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Pippin friendica
Oh nice. If I was still in London I might give cycling across it a go again. It's been a few years since I cycled from south-west London to the Docklands to do a datacentre visit. (Sadly it left me with too little remaining energy to actually work effectively, but anyway.) But now that I live in the middle of nowhere, cycling in London isn't really something I can do any more. (I could cycle in my local area, and my brother-in-law keeps hinting, heavily, that I should, but urgh. I don't know the area's cycle routes yet and I just don't feel like cycling these days. And mainly, I don't have anywhere I need to go that's actually a reasonable cycling distance from here.)
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Pippin friendica

Content warning: CW: moaning about stuff

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Content warning: re: CW: moaning about stuff

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Pippin friendica

Content warning: re: CW: moaning about stuff

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Pippin friendica

"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."

No, Windows, how about *you* restart it? That's something a computer can very easily do, and I shouldn't have to be bothered about. Also, please tell me why my computer should be running a "threat service". Hopefully it's just badly named and is actually an anti-threat service. …Unless it's a service running on Microsoft's behalf whose job is to threaten me if I don't allow upgrades when they want me to. 🤷

I really ought to stop running Windows on this laptop. I never meant to, just didn't get round to replacing it with something better when I bought it back in 2018, then came to rely on, so the window of opportunity to wipe and reinstall is gone.

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Xoa Gray mastodon (AP)

You know, the crazy thing is "threat service" from Microsoft I could totally see going either way.

For the last few years, the first thing I do with a PC laptop when I get it is to specifically remove Windows if it's installed. But I have the good fortune of being in a position where I don't need it for anything. All the things I could / would ever use Windows for are totally voluntary.

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Pippin friendica
@Xoa Gray This is only the second laptop I've ever bought actually (I bought a second hand Toshiba brick thing back in… I think it was the early 2000s). I kept Windows for a while to try out and see what it was like; then, as mentioned, failed to remove it. (Also partly because it ran Steam and games nicely, and I'm not sure Linux would have been as capable of that back in 2018.) I run Debian on just about everything else and would have run it on this too if I'd got round to it. There's also the factor that I'm kinda fed up with computers which pushed me towards taking a path with less resistance. *sigh* I think I might still enjoy working with computers if it weren't for capitalism pushing so much crap.
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Xoa Gray mastodon (AP)
I get that, I used to work in IT till about 10 years ago when I walked away from it completely.
But my burning hate for what Microsoft has done to Windows pushes it to a priority for me anymore. The OS is basically spyware you can browse the internet on at this point.
I hate it honestly. Windows 11 in and of its self I actually kinda' liked at first, back before they went and actively started to enshitify it with "AI" and spyware.
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Pippin friendica

I just realised, the line

"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."

actually sounds vaguely threatening.

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A film series I've been enjoying with my dad (and now with my friends). Since I was a kid I've been watching these movies with him. Recently I visited my parents and my dad told me he hadn't watched the very last one, so we had to go to the movies to watch it together, despite I had already seen it. Then in the dinner, I had to do the thing I tend to do while we wait for our food.
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HashRaydamon mastodon (AP)

The music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPTCOLbLWxM

食 Shoku the MN Wolf mastodon (AP)
instead of catching a bead of sweat, I imagine a furry IMF agent would be trying to stop themselves from shedding 😁
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ayo

dinosor show!

https://youtu.be/hf_-jIiyyD0

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Arakin mastodon (AP)
Started off my morning with a rare YouTube recommendation that was actually fun - "Cinema Sings" where the classic Gorillaz Teck "Feel Good" is recreated using clips from 198 movies 😁
https://youtu.be/rk0NzRu6Wr0
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Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)

A favorite Pride photo for #FursuitFriday 🏳️‍🌈 With Cryptodawg

Photo by Graham Cat

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Leina mastodon (AP)
Oh my gosh, this is so cute! 💙 💜

Fibre Kitty mastodon (AP)

*dance club kitty noises*

📷 @DuskPanda
#FursuitFriday #fursuit #furry #furryfandom

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Fibre Kitty mastodon (AP)
@FLLiX I can't dance to save my life xD
I can dance but it's basically the same.
I cant dance for shit xD

Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

What would you say to your younger self if you could walk beside them for a moment?
Maybe not advice, not warnings. Just the kind of words that feel right when you needed it, when there’s time ahead and questions without rush.
Nothing needs to be solved yet. But a little clarity, a little kindness... that goes a long way.

Traditional. Watercolor.
You will be able to see this in person at the Anthrocon Art Show as well.

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Also I recorded the process video, you can watch the short version on the first comment of this picture on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
There is a longer version of this one, submitten on May 15 exclusively on Patreon and Ko-Fi, as well as the high resolution version and other pictures I haven't shared yet, more process videos and WIPs.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
Thank you!!

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食 Shoku the MN Wolf mastodon (AP)
you are an engineer. Make that happen.

Pippin friendica

Content warning: CW: self-promotion (or trying to!), servers and computery stuff

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I will never be too old to smile when I see a white Volkswagen Beetle with 53 painted on it.

If you know you know. :)

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Juggling With Eggs mastodon (AP)

“Elon #Musk and the #TechBros say they want humans to become an interplanetary species. They say the great priority of humanity should be to colonise Mars. That’s not just mad, it’s dangerous.

It encourages the notion that Earth is temporary and expendable, that we don’t need to cherish and protect it because we can just move on. In reality Earth is the only place where humanity can thrive. The problem is, we’re trashing it.”

Led By Donkeys

#ClimateBreakdown

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I agree, musk to ride next space x rocket.
Pippin friendica
@Estarriol, lucozade dragon @Juggling With Eggs perhaps it'll be as successful as that one that was in a news a few days ago.
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Making Mars even a little bit habitable for humans is going to be a massive, generational endeavour.

The invasion of the new world on Earth was big. But that was putting people in a place that humans can already survive in very successfully. Using conventional transport.

Mars is going to take a planetwide cooperative effort. Making things right here on Earth is how we settle Mars. Not some billionaires having a rocket competition.
#space #mars


Pippin friendica
Well, I guess we won't be using the A/V amp with the separate speakers for a while, not after it went "bang" a couple of times. At least I could just reroute the inputs directly to the TV and use its internal speakers so my dad can still watch the film he was about to watch. I'll have to take the lid off sometime and see how much magic smoke has been released!

Pippin friendica

Content warning: CW: Twitter/X content (linked via nitter)


Pippin friendica

I did a cooking. (Admittedly all I did was follow the instructions on the sauce jar, but still - it came out okay!)

(Actually I do a cooking most days, but this time was just slightly less straightforward than the "remove packaging, place in oven at temperature X for time Y, remove, eat" that I normally do.)

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Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)
That looks like a tasty cooking!
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Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

In the morning, Archer is the first one out, lying in the grass, watching how the city awakes, and that kite in the distance. Denali shows up a bit later, racing the wind with the string in his paw. By sunset, it’s Archer again, this time heading back, backpack slung over his shoulder, and as night arrives, Denali takes a moment to rest, still smiling, enjoying the city lights and how quietly the world sleeps. Tiny visitors that come and go with the changing light; little reminders that time moves, but life stays curious.

Acrylics on canvas.
Paintings for Archer

There’s a 6 minutes time-lapse video of the process on the first comment of this picture on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco

And there is a longer version (more than 30 minutes) of the process of this whole project, as well as high resolution picture, scanned versions, and other drawings I've been working on that I haven's shown on my galleries yet.... exclusive for Patreon and Ko-Fi monthly supporters. At supporting me you are also helping me to keep creating art and living out of this.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco

Thank you!

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TundraWolf mastodon (AP)

"Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACs into 1 sq. cm.!' -- /usr/games/fortune

Presumably, how to wire and install the plugboards would be left as an exercise for the reader

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Halfy! mastodon (AP)

Content warning: negative, nostalgia

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Keys mastodon (AP)

Content warning: re: negative, nostalgia

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joël mastodon (AP)

Content warning: negative, nostalgia


Ret mastodon (AP)

It's this kind of music today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImPlMpVxiPY

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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)
We need to bring back the concept of people with a net worth in the billions receiving justice in a Star Chamber system. We need to start understanding that they are not like normal people.
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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

"Number of Brits who see US as a global threat doubles since Donald Trump came to power"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-threat-peace-iran-china-b2775820.html

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Colin (@ Anthrocon) mastodon (AP)

now is that a threat they like or not? Lol

Whatever it is they better wake up and not make the same mistake yourselves.


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Pippin friendica
It's inhuman.

sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)
it amazes me that people talk about the freedom of open source software, but somehow can't understand that it also means the freedom to not work on something, it's not some conspiracy if a project is not being developed, people just don't want to work on it and you can't force them to
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Siphedious - He/Him mastodon (AP)

I have doubts this will really happen...but it sounds kind of amazing...

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25259086.date-set-see-titanic-ii-launched-southampton/

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DeFrisselle ☑️ mastodon (AP)
Get your ticket now

Siphedious - He/Him mastodon (AP)

This sounds dopey, but if it works...

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/2072197/gardeners-urged-hang-cds-garden-june/amp

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Pippin friendica
Huh, my (late 🙁) mum was using old CD-Rs and the like as bird scarers at least 10-20 years ago. Good to see it's becoming received wisdom 🙂

Juggling With Eggs mastodon (AP)

Because it’s rare to see #retrofit / #sustainability jokes…and I like xkcd:

Alt Text: ‘A covertly-installed Neighbour-Source Heat Pump takes advantage of the fact your neighbour keeps their house cool in the summer and warm in the winter’. Image of two houses, one with a heat pump and then pipes underground leading to the other, extending up the walls in a loop system.

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CelloMom On Cars mastodon (AP)
Word!!
My neighbours keep their home at 72F summer and winter.
Their AC compressor turns on when it's 74F and dry outside but they have no idea it's like paradise out there.

Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

Just a red panda chillin’. Red pandas really do love a good ice cube, zoos often give them giant blocks to help them cool off and stay playful on hot days. So of course this little guy made himself comfortable.

Drawn with crayons over a Denny’s paper tablecloth, again!

This piece will be part of my biggest exhibition yet at the Anthrocon Art Show.

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eeeeee adorable!! good work mew
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